This is the information page about the shipwreck Ystroom (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.917 N,3 25.743 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: YSTROOM (PROBABLY)
Length 60.3 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 400 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: built in 1936 by van der giessen & zonen's schp, krimpen. owned at time of loss by m v stoomb maats, amsterdam. 7 cylinder oil engine of 160bhp, single shaft. machinery aft. passage teignmouth for runcorn. mined. (ww2sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: H01164/40 4.1.41 H01164/40 4.1.41 SUNK BY MINE, PROBABLY ACOUSTIC, IN 533700N, 032500W. (FOIC LIVERPOOL, 26.12.40). CHART AS NDWPA.
- NM 249/41. H4515/46 31.7.46 H4515/46 31.7.46 NOT FOUND. (HMS SEAGULL, 12.7.46). DELETE.
- NM 2840/46. H3838/86 9.11.87 H3838/86 9.11.87 WK LOCATED IN 533654N, 032540W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 15.9MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD NOV '87, HI 357).
- NM BLOCK 366/88. H3838/86 24.5.88 H3838/86 24.5.88 DESCRIBED AS A SMALL WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. H3838/86 1.11.88 H3838/86 1.11.88 EXAM'D 27.10.88 USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.9 IN GEN DEPTH 22.2MTRS. HYDROSEARCH - VERTICAL HT 6.1MTRS; SHADOW HT 4.0MTRS. LENGTH 24MTRS, WIDTH 15.4MTRS. LYING 135/315 DEG. HAS HIGH POINT MIDSHIPS AND AT SE END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. HH090/758/01 20.11.98 HH090/758/01 20.11.98 EXAM'D 18.10.97 IN 533655.0N, 032544.6W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.8, FOUL 17.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN AREA OF WRECKAGE. SHAPE NOT DISCERNABLE. HIGH POINT AT S END. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 758). CHART AS SW 16.8MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN AREA OF WRECKAGE, SHAPE NOT DISCERNABLE
Position: 53 36.917 N,3 25.743 W